Jeff Beck Quotes

For, like, 98 percent of my life, I'm not nervous. But as soon as I'm nervous, I start shaking or something, and I lose my cool.

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

I lay in my dressing room after being in make-up waiting to go on. They knew I was feeling pretty rotten and they tried to give me time to rest. But I couldn't sleep. I couldn't do anything.

You always get apprehensive before you do shoots.

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now.

It's hard to act terrified when you have 200 crew members around you.

I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people.

When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.

My main weakness is nerves.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

Your nerves can get the better of you, especially when it's your first film.

Even when I'm winning, hands-down the best, it's a struggle. I'm thinking, 'Oh, God! Just get me through this.' It's like surgery.

For my TakeOver matches, I was always just a huge mess, a huge ball of nerves.

I was paralyzed with nerves on 'Taste of Honey' and never quite knew what was going on.

I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there's more people in the audience than I'm used to.

You're always nervous about an audition.

I'm always nervous before playing a gig, to tell you the truth. It's what nearly did me in when I was with the Libertines. I just couldn't handle it.

There were so many emotions on 'Idol' with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways.

When I begin shooting, I get nervous, as I am under pressure to do my job well.

I remember going on stage for the very first time as a solo act, I was probably, like, nine or 10 years old. And being backstage, I started having anxiety... I was literally getting sick.